He stands with his weight resting on the right leg, with the left foot drawn back.

    Metadata from the Met website:

    Title: Bronze statuette of Mercury

    Period: Early Imperial

    Date: 1st century CE

    Culture: Roman

    Medium: Bronze

    Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (15.7 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm)

    Classification: Bronzes

    Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906

    Object Number: 06.1057

    Associated Passages
    Type
    Image
    License
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
    Date
    1st century AD
    Culture
    Medium
    Dimensions
    6 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (15.7 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm)
    Location
    Metropolitan Museum of Art